Special Event
Time:
NIS Robotics Fellows Kickoff Event
Date:
6:30 pm –
7:30 pm
Nebraska Innovation Studio Classroom
Target Audiences:
2021 Transformation Drive
Suite 1500 Lincoln NE 68508
Suite 1500 Lincoln NE 68508
Contact:
David Martin, (402) 472-5510, dmartin18@unl.edu
Join us for the inaugural Nebraska Innovation Studio Robotics Fellows Kickoff event! You’ll get a chance to meet the four fellows and hear a little bit about their exciting projects. The program is the first of its kind offered by Nebraska Innovation Studio and is part of the Heartland Robotics Cluster.
The 2025 fellows and a brief description of their proposed projects are as follows:
Amlan Balabantaray — Balabantaray, of Odisha, India, is a graduate student in agricultural engineering, studying how artificial intelligence can be harnessed in weed control systems. With the NIS Robotics Fellowship, he aims to design, fabricate and test the “See and Till” system, an agricultural robot that would engage only when a weed is detected, adding another tool for sustainable ag practices.
Brooke Bode — Bode is a senior mechanical engineering major, a Raikes School student, and is the founder of Cattle Kettle, a hardware/software startup. With the fellowship, the Hershey, Nebraska, native will continue development of the Cattle Kettle Monitor, a prototype for automating water management for cattle producers. Bode hopes to bring the product to market. Her focus during the fellowship will be on improving the durability and functionality of the hardware to withstand the harsh conditions of ag environments.
Teresa Monsees — Inspired by her connections to the deaf community, Monsees, a senior mechanical engineering major from Harrisburg, Nebraska, is developing a robotic learning aid that assists deaf and hard-of-hearing children in language development through sign language. Her concept, which she will refine through the fellowship, features robotic hands capable of signing to communicate, in addition to being able to convey emotion and pacing through gesture.
Riley Reynolds — A Husker alumnus from Alpine, Utah, Reynolds is now a surgical robotics engineer with Virtual Incision in Lincoln. His NIS fellowship will aid in his quest to prototype an automated trocar placement device to enhance the safety and precision of laparoscopic and robotic abdominal surgeries.
Refreshments will be provided.
The 2025 fellows and a brief description of their proposed projects are as follows:
Amlan Balabantaray — Balabantaray, of Odisha, India, is a graduate student in agricultural engineering, studying how artificial intelligence can be harnessed in weed control systems. With the NIS Robotics Fellowship, he aims to design, fabricate and test the “See and Till” system, an agricultural robot that would engage only when a weed is detected, adding another tool for sustainable ag practices.
Brooke Bode — Bode is a senior mechanical engineering major, a Raikes School student, and is the founder of Cattle Kettle, a hardware/software startup. With the fellowship, the Hershey, Nebraska, native will continue development of the Cattle Kettle Monitor, a prototype for automating water management for cattle producers. Bode hopes to bring the product to market. Her focus during the fellowship will be on improving the durability and functionality of the hardware to withstand the harsh conditions of ag environments.
Teresa Monsees — Inspired by her connections to the deaf community, Monsees, a senior mechanical engineering major from Harrisburg, Nebraska, is developing a robotic learning aid that assists deaf and hard-of-hearing children in language development through sign language. Her concept, which she will refine through the fellowship, features robotic hands capable of signing to communicate, in addition to being able to convey emotion and pacing through gesture.
Riley Reynolds — A Husker alumnus from Alpine, Utah, Reynolds is now a surgical robotics engineer with Virtual Incision in Lincoln. His NIS fellowship will aid in his quest to prototype an automated trocar placement device to enhance the safety and precision of laparoscopic and robotic abdominal surgeries.
Refreshments will be provided.
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